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Physical Oceanography


A sensor to monitor acid in the ocean

Excess carbon dioxide in the atmosphere is making the ocean more acidic and less hospitable to shelled marine life. At WHOI, scientists Jennie Rheuban, Aleck Wang, MIT-WHOI joint program student…

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Models of Continent & Mantle Evolution

Whitehead, J., 2023. Convection Cells with accumulating Crust: Models of Continent & Mantle Evolution. Journal of Geophysical Research: Solid Earth, e2022JB025643. https://doi.org/10.1029/2022jb025643 A simple computer study shows how the very…

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On the Move

The Coastal Pioneer Array is moving south in 2024. WHOI’s Al Plueddemann discusses the array’s importance and its upcoming move

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